Innovative Film Austria 10/11

Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award
This award is dedicated to Thomas Pluch (†1992), screenwriter, author, and co-founder of
the ARGE Drehbuch (screenplay working group) – since 2002 the Drehbuchverband Austria
(Screenplay Association Austria).
The Thomas-Pluch-Drehbuchpreis (initiated in 1992 by two writers) was first awarded in
1993. The goal of the award is to aid screenwriters in achieving the recognition they deserve,
and to support talented young writers. The main award is endowed with €11,000. The two
Thomas Pluch promotional awards each comprise € 5,500.
International juries select (since 2004 annually) the best screenplays realized as Austrian
film productions. The award money is made available from the Ministry for Education, the
Arts and Culture, and the awards are presented in the context of the Austrian film festival
Diagonale in Graz.
2010 Jessica Hausner
for the screenplay Lourdes
2009 Arash T. Riahi
for the screenplay Ein Augenblick Freiheit
2008 Ernst Gossner
for the screenplay South of Pico
2007 Stefan Ruzowitzky
for the screenplay Die Fälscher
2006 Michael Glawogger
for the screenplay Slumming
2005 Jessica Hausner
for the screenplay Hotel
2004 Barbara Albert
for the screenplay Böse Zellen
2001 Barbara Albert
for the screenplay Nordrand
1998 Stefan Ruzowitzky
for the screenplay Die Siebtelbauern
1995 Reinhard Jud, Dariusch Allahyari, Houchang Allahyari
for the screenplay Höhenangst
1993 Paul Harather, Alfred Dorfer, Josef Hader
for the screenplay Indien